Unlocking an AI Boom in Small Business: Pax8 VP of AI Adoption Chance Weaver, Live from ...

You bought the AI tool. Nobody used it. $200/month quietly canceled three months later. That's not a you problem. That's a vendor problem. Smart business owners are getting burned daily because AI c

You bought the AI tool. Nobody used it. $200/month quietly canceled three months later.

That's not a you problem. That's a vendor problem.

Smart business owners are getting burned daily because AI companies sell outcomes they can't deliver — then disappear. And every guru promising "transformation in 90 days" makes the next real solution harder to trust.

Here's what's actually true: small businesses are finding real AI wins right now. Not by overhauling everything. By picking one repetitive task — scheduling, first-draft emails, customer FAQs — and automating just that. One thing. Measurable result. Confidence built.

A VP of AI adoption at Pax8 said it plainly recently: adoption fails when the tool doesn't match the workflow. The technology isn't the problem. The fit is the problem.

That changes everything about where to start.

This week, write down the one task your team does repeatedly that requires no real judgment. That's your first AI candidate. Not your biggest problem. Your most boring one.

Fix boring first. ROI follows.

What's the one AI tool you paid for that your team quietly stopped using — and what do you think went wrong?

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Watch Video Highlights Below, or Click HERE: Tech Edge hosted a fireside chat on June 9 at Pax8 Beyond 2026 in Salt Lake City with Chance Weaver, ...